A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians
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Dockenfield was originally a Tithing in the Alton Hundreda hundred was an old administrative division of the County. By the late 19th century it had lost any importance. of Hampshire, but part of Frensham Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions . It was transferred to Surrey in 1895.
There are no entries for Dockenfield in the Surrey Monument Inscriptions Library. Dockenfield is a Chapel of EaseA daughter church within an ecclesiastical Parish, or a chapel in an outlying area of the parish that is more convenient for parishioners to attend in the Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions of Frensham There are 451 names for Frensham in the Surrey Monumental Inscriptions Index, including war graves
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https://www.wsfhs.co.uk/pages/sindex/siSearch.php (opens in new browser window) or use our contact form to find out which Monumental Inscription collections might be available: https://surreychurches.org.uk/contact Parts of Frensham Ancient Parishan Ancient Parish is a Church of England parish which, until the 19th century, had both ecclesiastical and civil functions were transferred into new ecclesiastical parishes:
West Surrey Family History Society CD2 (Surrey Marriage Index to 1837) has records marriage for Frensham St. Mary the Virgin for 1649-1837. WSFHS CD10(The Surrey Burial Index) has burial records for
WSFHS CD42 (Ancient Parishes in the Farnham district) has records for Frensham St. Mary the Virgin: Baptisms 1650-1840, Marriages 1649-1837 and Burials 1649-1840. See our sales page for more information (opens in a new page). The church is in the Anglican Diocese of Guildford. The Guildford Diocesan Record Office, where you should find any surviving registers for this parish, is the Surrey History Centre. Dockenfield is in the (civil) parisha Civil Parish is the bottom most tier of local government in England Sometimes called Town Councils in urban areas [NB Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have different systems of local government] of Frensham in the Waverley District of Surrey
Unless otherwise stated the dates for the creation of parishes are taken from Youngs, Frederick. A., Guide to the Administrative Units of England; Royal Historical Society: London, 1979 volume 1 Southern England.
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